Nurse practitioners in home health care: an update
Resource type
Authors/contributors
- Neal‐Boylan, Leslie (Author)
- Mager, Diana (Author)
- Kazer, Meredith Wallace (Author)
Title
Nurse practitioners in home health care: an update
Abstract
Nurse practitioners are playing an increasingly visible role in home care. The Institute of Medicine in collaboration with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation recommends wider use of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses and there has been growing interest in using the role in home care.1 However, the physician remains the provider who must sign home health agency paperwork and orders. The "Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act" would allow nurse practitioners to certify Medicare-sponsored treatment plans.2 This article will discuss the status of the nurse practitioner role in home care, the impact of reimbursement on home care services, how the passage of the new act would change current practice, and a vision for the future role of the nurse practitioner in home health care. © 2012 SAGE Publications.
Publication
Home Health Care Management & Practice
Date
2012-03-05, March 2012
Volume
24
Issue
4
Pages
193-197
Journal Abbr
Home Health Care Manage. Pract.
Citation Key
URL
http://hhc.sagepub.com/content/24/4/193.abstract; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1084822312436682; https://works.bepress.com/diana_mager/5/; https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/nursing-facultypubs/40/; https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1084822312436682; https://lens.org/081-733-803-648-406
ISSN
10848223 (ISSN)
Language
English
Extra
6 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
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Citation
Neal‐Boylan, L., Mager, D., & Kazer, M. W. (2012). Nurse practitioners in home health care: an update. Home Health Care Management & Practice, 24(4), 193–197. https://doi.org/10.1177/1084822312436682
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